Puppet Master II
1991 film directed by David W. Allen
Puppet Master II is a 1990 direct-to-video horror film written by David Pabian and directed by Dave Allen. It is the second film in the Puppet Master franchise, the sequel to 1989's Puppet Master, and stars Elizabeth Maclellan, Gregory Webb, Charlie Spradling, Jeff Weston and Nita Talbot as paranormal investigators who are terrorized by the animate puppets of an undead Andre Toulon, played by Steve Welles.
Puppet Master II, as well as the third, fourth and fifth installments of the series, were only available in DVD format through a Full Moon Features box set that was briefly discontinued, until in 2007 when Full Moon Features reacquired the rights to the first five films. A remastered edition Blu-ray and DVD of the film was released on September 18, 2012.
Plot
André Toulon's grave is shown being excavated in Shady Oaks cemetery behind the Bodega Bay Inn. Pinhead dusts off and opens Toulon's casket, then climbs out and pours a vial of neon liquid on the corpse, while Tunneler, Leech Woman, Blade and Jester watch on from the grave's edge as the skeleton's arms rise into the air.
A few months later, parapsychologists Carolyn Bramwell, her brother Patrick, and the flirtatious Lance and Wanda, are sent to the hotel to investigate the strange murder of Megan Gallagher, whose brain was extracted through her nose by Blade.
Alex Whitaker, driven insane from the events of the first film, is suspected of Megan's murder and locked up in an asylum. While at the asylum, his terrible seizures and premonitions are perceived as lunatic rantings.
Their guest psychic, Camille Kenney, decides to leave after spotting two puppets in her room.
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